April 2nd - April 8th

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Busy at the Trail Center and Tabernacle this week.  With Spring Break in Utah we had a lot of families traveling through to Nauvoo and other Church Sites. Families from all over Utah even a family from Farmington who knows our Grandchildren. We had a lot of tours over the week, and  hope that it will just be a taste of the things that are to come.

There was a dinner in our apartment complex and we met some of our neighbors.  It was interesting to find we were the youngest couple there!

Sunday we changed wards we now go to the Fontenell Ward. In the ward they have a group of refugees from Myanmar.  They speak the Karen Language.  Sister White and I are assigned to that group. We were able to sing with them singing Karen, because of  our phonetic song books.  It is really great! When Elder White bore his testimony we needed an interpreter to translate his testimony.  Sister White is in the Primary with the younger children. This is going to be a great experience

The Karen People of Myanmar

Map of Myanmar
The term Karen can also refer specifically to the Karen people, as well as to the group of Karen languages.
The Karen people are a tribal people of Myanmar (formerly Burma) mostly found in the Kayah and Karen (also spelled Kayin) states of the country. An estimated 3 million Karen people live in Myanmar today.
Karen people demands for independence have led to tensions between Karen people and other residents of Myanmar for decades. Periods of violence persisted throughout the 1980s and 90s as militant Karen groups like the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) clashed with Myanmar’s military. Some Karen leaders today still accuse Myanmar’s government of ethnic cleansing. “Kawthoolei” is the name given to the state that Myanmar’s Karen people have been attempting to establish since the mid-20th century.

Song in phonetic language

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